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Hello, actually, it depends...There is no simple answer to that one. For example, I enjoy teaching to teenagers (grade 8 to 12), and I would hate teaching grade 1. For others, it is the exact opposite... Then, it all depends of the number of kids you teach (above 30, it s a nightmare...), the kids themselves, and so on. What I am trying to say, is that you cannot really know for sure before you try it for several months or even a complete year...And even then, it becomes easier with experience. What I can assure you, is that the vacations are really needed and welcomed... I know that does not help you very much, but that is the truth. You can love being a teacher or wondering every day why you chose to do it. Anyway, good luck to you if you decide to go for it !

I enjoyed it. Pretty much the way I tackle that age problem myself. I recommend you guys to read it. If you are +40, it is so spot on, and if you are younger, you should take that opportunity to learn from it and prepare yourself... Thank you Rick for being so eloquent about it.

I am from Paris.The gesture is really appreciated. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Great pics and fish. Thanks for sharing. My dad past away 3 years ago(stomach tumor), and I wish I had something like that to share with him. Cherish those moments.

x2 really nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

Great pics! Thank you...

Well said!

Sygic. You can try it free for a week. Not for Topo though.

I I actually do that all the time while fishing small streams for cutts. Today, I wade my way up from pool to pool and I let go a lot of the fish I hooked. I do not see the point of handing them anymore...If the fish seems big, that another story. For example, I am happy that I could have a good look at a beautiful 15 inches cutt (I love those colors). But I do not see the point of stressing 10 inch. fish more than necessary . Of the 30 or 40 I hooked today I LDR about half of them on purpose (sometimes it doesn t work or sometimes I think the fish is nice and worthy of seeing it). I love the approach, the casting, the take and the strike...I could do with broken hook. Maybe I will, but not yet...

Cheddar...not even close to real cheese!

Lot of good advice but here is my 2 cents... Try a small stream, find a nice pool. there will be fish. Then tie on a nice dry, and focus on your casting, presentation and more importnatly, the drift. You will catch small trouts, but you will learn how to fly fish. If you want to fish the Bow, find a side channel, there way easier to "read". Try to go an evening, and there should be small trouts willing to take a dry. Great way to learn. Hope that helps. PS: Do not spend a lot of money buying stuff. My first trout in Alberta was caught on a 50$ combo gear and a hopper pattern...

Let me explain what I don t like about nymphing...It is damn too efficient! I was on a stream fishing cutties a few days ago. New stream, promising pools, and, in fact, it turned out that all of them were full of fish (meaning that I caught at least one fish in each). It was great. I lost some, I had refusals, miss takes...the usual stuff when your dry fly fishing. I caught a good deal of fish. Enough to not being sure how many I caught (between 10 and 20, in 3 hours of wet wading). On my way back (I usually don t fish), I met a guy fishing in one of the hole. He was actually pulling one nice cuttie out. I said hello and started to talk. He was nymphing and caught 3 more fish in that hole...I had only caught one. I asked him how was his day and told me it was stellar. Fish after fish. The point is, I am not criticizing the way people fish. But I cannot help myself thinking that in streams, nymphing is a too easy way to catch them. It is another story on the Bow, where fish are more difficult to catch, and the numbers greater. Regarding the flies, I changed my mind...I was on a Lake in BNP, and there were cutts rising everywhere (size 10 to 18 inch.). I caught several on different patterns, but I was having several refusal. Once I tied the right pattern, it was crazy! So as Silver Doctor said, at least when a hatch is happening, they can be picky. Enjoy, it is beautiful outside. Hot weather and cool water...good mix for wet wadding!

Well said! I mainly use stimmies because I love tying them, but I caught cutts on many other dry patterns as well (in fact, I think any dry pattern would work)

First fish on the dry...Nice feeling, right ? Congrat'.

Long Distance Release but I think Lost During Retrieving is the real one.